Immokalee man accused of raping girl, 11

An Immokalee man is accused of raping an 11-year-old girl on three occasions.

The girl told Collier detectives she met a man she knew as Joshua and began texting him on an app called Kik. She said she thought Joshua was 18 or 19, and said she told him she was 15 even though she was 11.

The girl told detectives she was only recently allowed to stay home alone and on one such occasion, Joshua came over to her house. He took off her clothes and began to have sex with her, even after she told him she did not want to, according to an arrest report.

He came over a second time that week and again had sex with her against her will, deputies reported.

On a third occasion, a family member of the girl told Joshua that the girl was only 11. Reports said he had sex with her one more time anyway.

Through an investigation, deputies identified Joshua as Josue Pierre-Francois, 23. Detectives collected forensic evidence that linked Pierre-Francois to the sexual assaults on a blanket in the girl’s bedroom, according to reports.

A sexual assault examination also found signs of trauma that were consistent with the girl’s story, deputies reported.

Pierre-Francois, of the 1300 block of America Way, faces three charges of sexual battery of a child under 12. As of Wednesday, he remained at the Naples Jail Center in lieu of bonds totaling $150,000.